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Understanding 9/11Various Artists - Relax Brother, Relax: A Twentieth Anniversary Tribute to Teenbeat Records [MMM025]
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On February 23rd, 2005, 20 years will have passed for the recording label that began in "Mr. Vandelly's Government class" at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA. Of the 200 plus members of the Teenbeat Mailing List, started on June 7th, 1998, very few of us were there at the beginning and each of us has our own story of how the music of the label has made itself part of our lives.
Some of us have paid tribute to the Teenbeat label before with contributions to Amateurs on Plastic: a Tribute to Teenbeat Records through interpretation of songs on the labels discography. It took two years and seven months for Amateurs on Plastic to see its release (bearing the My Mean Magpie and The Unlike Labels imprint) and even longer for it to make its way into the hands of all the participants. This release would be different.
The idea surfaced on November 11th, 2004 while I was in the process of archiving Amateurs on Plastic to the NetLabels website, the idea of a second volume arose.
One of the bands wanted to switch his song, I had a leftover track sent by The Linger Effect since the first release, and I had found an Eggcarton Zoo song online. I thought that with just one more song I could put a handy little 20th Anniversary Teenbeat Tribute EP together to commemorate the event.
Rather than call it Amateurs on Plastic: Volume 2, a the list was asked to vote on a few names. Relax Brother, Relax (named after Teen Beat 98, a "nudie matchbook" issued with Sexual Milkshake's Sing Along in Hebrew release) was tied with A Pale Impersonator (a lyric from the Egg's song "Government Administrator") and If Haitians Practice Voodoo, They're Mysterious. The Wedding is Over, (mis-heard lyrics from the Unrest song "Can't Sit Still") was a close third.
By this time, I had already begun work on the artwork (inspired by Teenbeat releases 50, 70, 85, 98 & 271) and picked my personal favorite Relax Brother, Relax as the final title.
In the coming weeks there will be a supplement issued containing a detailed booklet of "Essays, Appreciations and Annotations" on all the songs released with the tribute (including an essay by concrete poet / physicist Andrew Russ), which will give far more detail on the songs than anyone ever need know.
Amateurs on Plastic along with other My Mean Magpie releases can be found here.
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| New Wave Dyke - Dolphin Expressway {Originally by Air Miami} |
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| Dolphin Expressway {Originally by Air Miami} |
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| Dolphin Expressway {Originally by Air Miami} |
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| Dolphin Expressway {Originally by Air Miami} |
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| Colin Clary - A Pit with Spikes {Originally by Eggs} |
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| A Pit with Spikes {Originally by Eggs} |
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| A Pit with Spikes {Originally by Eggs} |
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| A Pit with Spikes {Originally by Eggs} |
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| 3-D Dinosaurs - Summer Song {Originally by Hot Pursuit} |
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| Summer Song {Originally by Hot Pursuit} |
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| Summer Song {Originally by Hot Pursuit} |
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| Summer Song {Originally by Hot Pursuit} |
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| gRANT - You Make Me Cum in My Pants {Originally by Los Marauders} |
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| You Make Me Cum in My Pants {Originally by Los Marauders} |
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| You Make Me Cum in My Pants {Originally by Los Marauders} |
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| You Make Me Cum in My Pants {Originally by Los Marauders} |
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| Struggle at the Snuggle Factory - Telephone Diary Talker {Originally by Mark Robinson} |
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| Telephone Diary Talker {Originally by Mark Robinson} |
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| Telephone Diary Talker {Originally by Mark Robinson} |
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| Telephone Diary Talker {Originally by Mark Robinson} |
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| Lance Crawford - Side Division (Part 3) {Originally by Eggs} |
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| Side Division (Part 3) {Originally by Eggs} |
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| Side Division (Part 3) {Originally by Eggs} |
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| Side Division (Part 3) {Originally by Eggs} |
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| Nora Drenaline - Fragments of Fear {Originally by In Camera} |
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| Fragments of Fear {Originally by In Camera} |
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| Fragments of Fear {Originally by In Camera} |
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| Fragments of Fear {Originally by In Camera} |
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| Bargaining the Bubblebot {Originally by Sexual Milkshake} |
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| Bargaining the Bubblebot {Originally by Sexual Milkshake} |
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| Bargaining the Bubblebot {Originally by Sexual Milkshake} |
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| Snoozer - Nancy Drew {Originally by Tuscadero} |
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| Nancy Drew {Originally by Tuscadero} |
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| Nancy Drew {Originally by Tuscadero} |
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| Nancy Drew {Originally by Tuscadero} |
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| The Linger Effect - Leading Tickles {Originally by Flin Flon} |
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| Leading Tickles {Originally by Flin Flon} |
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| Leading Tickles {Originally by Flin Flon} |
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| Leading Tickles {Originally by Flin Flon} |
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| Smoocher- Hydro No. 5 {Originally by Unrest} |
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| Hydro No. 5 {Originally by Unrest} |
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| Hydro No. 5 {Originally by Unrest} |
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| Hydro No. 5 {Originally by Unrest} |
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| Hyperstatic - Falling in Love {Originally by Butch Willis} |
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| Falling in Love {Originally by Butch Willis} |
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| Social Firefly {Originally by Blast Off Country Style} |
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| Social Firefly {Originally by Blast Off Country Style} |
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| Social Firefly {Originally by Blast Off Country Style} |
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| Skip Practice - Imbecils {Originally by Uncle Wiggly} |
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| Imbecils {Originally by Uncle Wiggly} |
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| Imbecils {Originally by Uncle Wiggly} |
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| Imbecils {Originally by Uncle Wiggly} |
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| Stillnes (Live) {Originally by Vomit Launch} |
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| Stillnes (Live) {Originally by Vomit Launch} |
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| Stillnes (Live) {Originally by Vomit Launch} |
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| Eggcarton Zoo - In a World without Heroes {Originally by Grenadine} |
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| In a World without Heroes {Originally by Grenadine} |
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| In a World without Heroes {Originally by Grenadine} |
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Visit the artists websites:
Pursesnatchers,
The Smittens,
Scrabbel,
Shumai,
New Wave Dyke,
Colin Clary,
Grant,
Struggle at the Snuggle Factory,
Nickname: Rebel,
Snoozer,
The Linger Effect,
Smoocher,
The Specific Heats,
Welcome to My Skirt &
Eggcarton Zoo.
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